Blues find added cause to celebrate

By Paul DaffeyJuly 21 2003

University Blues yesterday concluded Melbourne University Football Club's weekend of celebrations with a 58-point win over Victorian Amateur Football Association rival Old Trinity, confirming their unlikely surge towards the A-section finals after losing the opening four games of the season.

Blues full-forward George De Crespigny kicked 11 goals in a best-on-ground performance as his team led all day.

The celebrations of the university club, the overseeing body for the University Blues and University Blacks, were conceived as part of university's 150th anniversary commemorations. The party kicked off on Friday night with the announcement of the best teams of the modern era, defined as starting after the Second World War.

Former University Blacks and Melbourne ruckman Don Cordner, who in 1948 became the only amateur player to win the Brownlow Medal, was named captain of the team consisting of Melbourne University players who went on to league football.

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Blues ruckman Gil McLachlan was the only current player named in the team, consisting of those whose distinction has been earned in the amateurs.

The celebrations continued on Saturday when Uni Blacks played D1-section rival Monash Blues in the curtain-raiser at the MCG. It was believed to be the first amateurs match played for points at the MCG for generations. Blacks small forward Ben Villella took a dozen marks and kicked three goals as his team pushed closer to Monash in third place with a 34-point win.